Our baby currently has a cold which means her nose is streaming with snot.
She is quite unhappy with us wiping it away with a tissue every few minutes. I can imagine her upper lip is getting quite sore.

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Some sort of basic nasal aspirator is what you are looking for. The one pictured in that article is very similar to the one that our hospital gave us as part of the newborn care package.

However, I have heard great things about Nosefrida's appropriately-named 'The Snotsucker'. It seems to address the issues we've had using the simple bulb, as it is much easier to clean, and apparently does not require sticking it up the child's nostril (our son absolutely hated that part).

We used to call the bulb thing the brain sucker based on the reaction kids have when you use it. As far as they know, they think you're sucking their brains out and will fight you to the death when they see it. That said, it works.
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DA01Oct 27 '11 at 14:48

We use the Nosefrida for our twins and it's much better than the bulb-style sucker we used for the first child. Can't say they enjoy it any better, but it is much more effective and easy to clean.
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SaibooguOct 27 '11 at 16:25

My youngest didn't mind it at first, since he knew it made him feel better and was quiet when we used it. Now he is in a cranky phase and anything you get near to use it you can't hold him still.
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MichaelFOct 27 '11 at 17:15

Found we already had one at home. I used to thing it was something my partner bought for the kitchen. It is amazing how much snot it gets out!
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Mongus PongNov 2 '11 at 10:17

I found that the bulb aspirator wasn't strong enough. We used an electric aspirator. They run around $20, so it is much more expensive than the bulb-style aspirator, but it worked much better. It makes a pretty loud motor noise, but that actually distracts our baby and stops her from crying.